Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 27th June 2001

Dilbert//4456, first published 25 years ago on Wednesday 27th June 2001

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meeting to discuss employee retention employees quit useless meetings reasons first meetings

Official transcript

The Boss comes into Dilbert's cubicle and says, "We're having a meeting to discuss employee retention."

Dilbert replies, "Tell them that employees quit because there are too many useless meetings."

The Boss says, "We won't be getting into reasons at the first meeting."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE'RE HAVING A MEETING TO DISCUSS EMPLOYEE RETENTION.

TELL THEM THAT EMPLOYEES QUIT BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY USELESS MEETINGS.

WE WON'T BE GETTING INTO REASONS AT THE FIRST MEETING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The title of this comic strip is "Too Many Meetings".

Summary: The comic strip depicts a meeting between two characters, one of whom is the boss. The boss is discussing employee retention with his employee, who is skeptical about the purpose of the meeting. The employee asks if the meeting is necessary, and the boss responds that employees quit because there are too many useless meetings. The employee then suggests that they won't be getting into reasons at the first meeting, implying that the meeting is unnecessary and a waste of time. The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of having too many meetings in the workplace, which can lead to employee dissatisfaction and turnover.

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